GRE Word List
PHYSIOGNOMY
the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
The meaning of the word physiognomy is the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| clime | climate |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |